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February 19, 2025 No Responses

Elemental Gearbolt

Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: Working Designs Release: 08/10/98 Genre: Rail Shooter Working Designs, while famous for localizing many a RPG that would have never left Japan, would also publish games spanning a variety of genres. Often their odd choices would...

January 24, 2025 No Responses

1080° Snowboarding

Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 04/01/98 Genre: Sports The extreme sports explosion of the fifth generation was something to behold. Whereas this genre was practically non-existent before it became a huge draw in short or...

July 19, 2024 No Responses

Mission Impossible (Nintendo 64)

Developer: Infogrames Publisher: Ocean Release: 08/14/98 Genre: Action-Adventure Mission Impossible was one of the earliest Nintendo 64 games announced. There were lofty promises made as it would attempt to capture the essence of being a spy in ...

May 22, 2024 No Responses

Thunder Force V – Perfect System

Developer: Technosoft Publisehr: Working Designs Release: 11/13/98 Genre: Shooter With the advent of 3d the shooter genre was in a weird place. For the most part most developers were content to pump out exquisite 2d games that would never...

June 23, 2023 No Responses

Off Road Challenge

Developer: Avalanche Publisher: Midway Release: 06/30/98 Genre: Racing When the 3d revolution hit racing games were one of the genres that benefited the most. To this day they continue to be showcases for new hardware and this was...

February 24, 2023 2 Responses

Cruis’n World

Developer: Eurocom Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/29/98 Genre: Racing Cruis’n USA was our first look at the N64 hardware, at least that was what we were lead to believe. Despite the eventual misconception the future looked bright as the ga...

October 21, 2022 No Responses

Quake

Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Release: 03/24/98 Genre: Fps The Nintendo 64 library was far from being as diverse as the PlayStation. However that also meant that the genres it specialized in were really good. Aside from racing games...

August 19, 2022 No Responses

Bomberman Hero

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Nintendo Release: 08/31/98 Genre: Platformer Bomberman 64 was a valiant attempt at creating an engrossing adventure to accompany the series multiplayer mode. While it was not perfect it was an enjoyable game with a...

June 24, 2022 No Responses

AeroGauge

Developer: Locomotive Publisher: Ascii Release: 04/01/98 Genre: Racing With the advent of 3d many racing games began to exploit the futuristic niche that F-Zero established. Wipeout is the breakout star of this bunch but there were many...

February 16, 2022 No Responses

Einhänder

Developer: Square Publisher: SCEA Release: 05/5/98 Genre: Shooter During the 16-bit era Square and RPGs were synonymous. Occasionally they dabbled in other genres like action with Front Mission: Gun Hazard but they largely stuck to their bread...

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